SOCHI SCENE: Medal Movers

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — It took an extra day, but Russia is starting to get results at its hometown Sochi Games.

The host nation was the top medal mover on the second day of medal competitions, with four medals in eight contests, including its first gold in team figure skating thanks to 15-year-old Julia Lipnitskaia and Russian superstar Evgeni Plushenko.

Not bad for a country spending 3 billion rubles (more than $86 million) per year on its athletics programs, with pressure squarely on its athletes to deliver on the ice and snow.